*"People were more upset that I kissed a man on the mouth than I killed a man. It's interesting to see how people can pardon you for murdering a man, but they can't pardon you for kissing one. It's a very interesting approach to morality in our days, so you see there is an incredible amount of hypocritical judgment over those things," Antonio Banderas talks to the New York Post about his role in Law of Desire.

A LITTLE CHICAGO HOPE for ya'all.Model Marlone Starr spent spent five years with the US Army as a medical specialist in Hawaii before attending Cosmetology School in North Carolina. He's currently a personal trainer.
I don't actually know what Cosmetology is. I could Google it, I suppose. But I ain't gonna. That would involve looking away from Marlone (sigh)...
Worse still, Marlone is fam - in a pretty big way. Doncha wish your boyfriend looked...
ELSEWHERE - Marlone Starr (Official MySpace)

LAST WEEK THE news broke that DJ Sonique is suffering from breast cancer.

The London-born DJ and singer is best known for her hit It Feels So Good. First released in 1998, it was a hit two years later, and was promptly hijacked by the mass market and given a crumby video that middle-class Chardonnay-swilling straight thirty-somethings would approve of.

But before that, back in 1998, there was this video, set in a moonlit forest, and in which a black boy and white boy dance around one another, embrace, and caress one another's faces. That sort of positive imagery, shown on national television alongside Britney Spears and Nelly, meant the world to me as a teenager. It said, "I'm we're, we're here, black and white together. We've got each other and we don't care what you think." I love Sonique for giving me that precious gift back then, and I wish her the very best in her struggle.

"I would also like to take this opportunity to squash the persistent rumours about mysterious 'disappearances' and emphasize that rural and urban areas are now enjoying a life of harmony and peace. I'm sure you're glad to hear this. And I'm happy you're glad."